Farewell to the Great Escaper: Bernard Jordan, the D-Day veteran who broke out of his care home to attend Normandy commemoration, dies aged 90

January 6, 2015 3:43 PM

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Bernard Jordan made international headlines after escaping his East Sussex care home last June and secretly travelling to Normandy for the D-Day commemorations.

'I was once on a mission to recover one of the Enigma machines from a U-boat which we'd forced to the surface by dropping depth charges, and crippling it,' the 90-year-old Royal Navy veteran told friends.